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Banking Reports: Motion (16 Jun 2010)

Kieran O'Donnell: Professor Honohan said this. Does Deputy Byrne not like what he said?

Banking Reports: Motion (16 Jun 2010)

Kieran O'Donnell: That was completely different.

Banking Reports: Motion (16 Jun 2010)

Kieran O'Donnell: It was a form of grant for medical centres.

Banking Reports: Motion (16 Jun 2010)

Kieran O'Donnell: The scripts were not up to standard.

Banking Reports: Motion (16 Jun 2010)

Kieran O'Donnell: Names are mentioned on page 51 of Professor Honohan's report.

Banking Reports: Motion (16 Jun 2010)

Kieran O'Donnell: It needs to be sustainable.

Banking Reports: Motion (16 Jun 2010)

Kieran O'Donnell: That is becoming a mantra used by all Fianna Fáil Deputies tonight.

Banking Reports: Motion (16 Jun 2010)

Kieran O'Donnell: Absolutely.

Banking Reports: Motion (16 Jun 2010)

Kieran O'Donnell: It is competitiveness about the banks. The Minister of State does not know what he is saying.

Banking Reports: Motion (16 Jun 2010)

Kieran O'Donnell: It is not correct.

Banking Reports: Motion (16 Jun 2010)

Kieran O'Donnell: There was a property crash that affected farming and land.

Banking Reports: Motion (16 Jun 2010)

Kieran O'Donnell: Small farmers suffered too.

Banking Reports: Motion (16 Jun 2010)

Kieran O'Donnell: Well done. I thank Deputy Perry for his contribution, which encapsulated the essence of our motion, and I thank all other contributors from Fine Gael and elsewhere in the House. The reason we tabled this motion is simple. Two excellent reports have been published but, as the Minister of State mentioned earlier, they are scoping reports. They are not conclusive. Within these scoping...

Banking Reports: Motion (16 Jun 2010)

Kieran O'Donnell: That is the equivalent of three times the budget of the Department of Education and Skills. The money is down the toilet - it is gone. It would have cost €2.5 billion to set up a good bank, as we proposed. The only difference is that we wanted professional investors to take their share of the pain. What has happened here? The taxpayer is taking it. Services for children, the elderly...

Banking Reports: Motion (16 Jun 2010)

Kieran O'Donnell: -----and I hope that when Deputies across the House consider it, they will agree that in the interests of fairness and completeness, and as a House that represents all people, we should ensure the commission of investigation will get to the truth of what happened, so that we can learn lessons and establish controls to make sure it never happens again. They will say that in the interests of...

Written Answers — School Libraries: School Libraries (16 Jun 2010)

Kieran O'Donnell: Question 178: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her plans regarding the renewal of contracts for junior certificate school programme librarians under the demonstration library project for the 2010/2011 academic year and subsequent years; if the contract will be renewed for the JCSP librarian at a school (details supplied) in County Limerick and that the programme...

National Debt (17 Jun 2010)

Kieran O'Donnell: Perhaps the Minister will, in respect of the €3 billion mentioned, provide the House with a broad breakdown between expenditure and taxation. Perhaps also he will comment on the fact that relative to other countries our bond spreads are and have been consistently high. Does he agree with the view that we continue to have a credibility issue with which to deal in terms of the budget...

Departmental Appointments (17 Jun 2010)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Regling and Watson and Honohan reports both express amazement at the failure to identify the level of risk at an earlier period in the banks. It appears that the risk was in front of their faces but they could not see it. Furthermore, the issue of solvency was never addressed. The focus was all on liquidity. Was that due to a lack of expertise or a lack of procedures in the Financial...

Departmental Appointments (17 Jun 2010)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Minister is in the bronze medal position now.

Departmental Appointments (17 Jun 2010)

Kieran O'Donnell: He is bordering on silver.